Morrison was handed the armband at the start of the season, while Paul Robinson was confirmed as club captain.

Evergreen Robinson has returned to the side in the last two games, both of which have produced clean sheets, but Morrison has retained his role.

“The one thing with Morro is straight away the players really like him, he is a very likeable lad. That’s one of the reasons I have made him captain this season,” Rowett said.

Birmingham's Michael Morrison in action with Reading's Stephen Quinn

“I felt he deserved to stay as captain even though Robbo came back into the team, I didn’t want to take it away from him. And he justified that.”

Morrison’s performances this season have been in keeping with the impact he made when he first arrived on loan from Charlton in October last year - although it has taken him 11 months of going up for corners to open his account.

He finally managed that at Brentford last week.

Michael Morrison

“He has been so solid for us at the back, since he came in he has been brilliant,” Rowett said.

“When we signed him straight away on loan he signed on the Friday, played on the Saturday and had a huge affect.

“He looked very comfortable straight away.

“If you look at the start of the Brentford game whenever we had a set-piece he was a little bit more aggressive so whether he felt in his own mind he thought ‘You know what, it’s about time I scored that goal’.

“As we all know, Groundsy’s goal the other week again Bristol from a corner, then Morro’s goal, it doesn’t half make a difference when you nick one or two from set-pieces.

“That’s certainly something we should look to do a little bit better.”